Re-apply desktop native debug log level debug builds and fix build workflow (#17908)

* Reapply "Desktop Native compile debug builds with debug log level (#17357)" (#17815)

This reverts commit 5386b58f23.

* Use release mode if workflow called from upstream

* fix bug in build script

* revert napi build command to not use --release

* forward caller's args to napi

* js things

* shell thangs

* use platform agnostic expansion

* Revert "use platform agnostic expansion"

This reverts commit 5ee629f822.

* powershell expansion

apps/desktop/desktop_native/napi/src/lib.rs

@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ pub mod logging {
     };
     use tracing::Level;
     use tracing_subscriber::{
-        filter::{EnvFilter, LevelFilter},
+        filter::EnvFilter,
         fmt::format::{DefaultVisitor, Writer},
         layer::SubscriberExt,
         util::SubscriberInitExt,
@@ -1082,9 +1082,17 @@ pub mod logging {
     pub fn init_napi_log(js_log_fn: ThreadsafeFunction<FnArgs<(LogLevel, String)>>) {
         let _ = JS_LOGGER.0.set(js_log_fn);
 
+        // the log level hierarchy is determined by:
+        //    - if RUST_LOG is detected at runtime
+        //    - if RUST_LOG is provided at compile time
+        //    - default to INFO
         let filter = EnvFilter::builder()
-            // set the default log level to INFO.
-            .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into())
+            .with_default_directive(
+                option_env!("RUST_LOG")
+                    .unwrap_or("info")
+                    .parse()
+                    .expect("should provide valid log level at compile time."),
+            )
             // parse directives from the RUST_LOG environment variable,
             // overriding the default directive for matching targets.
             .from_env_lossy();